…a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed…
…a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed…
…the axon of a neuron. A nerve is formed of a bundle of many such fibers, with their sheaths…
…a material consisting of thin, strong crystalline filaments of carbon, used as a strengthening material, especially in resins and ceramics…
…a yellowish fiber composed chiefly of elastin and occurring in networks or sheets that give elasticity to tissues in the body…
…the use of thin flexible fibers of glass or other transparent solids to transmit light signals, chiefly for telecommunications or for internal examination of the body…
…a large semiaquatic broad-tailed rodent that is native to North America and northern Eurasia. It is noted for its habit of gnawing through tree trunks to fell the trees in order to feed on the bark and build dams…
